bows.. strung or unstrung

[Florida bowhunter]

Do you leave your bow strung or unstrung, when you are thru shooting or hunting for the day.....??

[Terry Lightle]

Strung

[Don Stokes]

Strung for the season.

[Bjorn]

My main bows have been strung for years. They sometimes get unstrung for maintenance and string replacement. Not recommending just answering.  

[seabound]

Always strung unless I'm tuning or if it'll sit in a hot car

[Miles Bate]

I believe it all depends if you are still going hunting or shooting targets . If it is going to be more than a week I unstring mine.

Just my thoughts on the matter

[jcs271]

Mine has been strung continuously for the past 6-7 yrs except to replace the string. This is of course with the manufacturers blessing. Not to be done with the vintage bows.

[Florida bowhunter]

I try to shoot mine every day so it stays strung, I have seen some serious damage done when stringing and unstrung on a daily basis.....

[mahantango]

Boy, this sure comes up a lot. The bows I shoot frequently , vintage or otherwise, stay strung - some for years. Always unstring when traveling in a hot vehicle. No right or wrong, just do what you're comfortable with.

[lilbobby]

Bjorn X2!

[kadbow]

Strung when I am hunting, unstrung all other times.

It really does not matter..........but for the record, I unstring mine every time I get done shooting.

Bisch

[Mr. fingers]

Originally posted by Bisch:
It really does not matter..........but for the record, I unstring mine every time I get done shooting.

Bisch

X2.
I don't  like the idea of loosing draw weight.

[halfseminole]

Have to unstring my horn bow after every time, the Manchu type stays strung.

[Thumper Dunker]

Originally posted by Mr. fingers:
 

Originally posted by Bisch:
It really does not matter..........but for the record, I unstring mine every time I get done shooting.

Bisch

X2.
I don't  like the idea of loosing draw weight. [/b]

x3

[PaulDeadringer29]

I will leave mine strung for a few days at a time, ecspecially during hunting season. Most times, unstrung....saves space since I hang mine vertically.

[Dave Lay]

I leave recurves strung all the time , the bowyers of them all say draw weight will not be lost  and the chance if bow damage stringing and un stringing is greatly reduced , I normally unstring longbows

[rraming]

Unstring longbows and you can leave your recurve strung if you shoot it ALL the time. If not daily, unstrung it!

[Bjorn]

Here is what Bob Morrison told me years ago. I don't mind whether a customer unsrings or not-both are right, and does not affect the warranty. If you leave it strung you can expect to lose 1# of draw weight; but it is not permanent. Anyway that's what Bob had to say.

[Huntschool]

I guess I operate under the old line that you can leave a recurve strung but a long bow needs to be unstrung.

My old dacron string Widow MA has been strung forever.  No limb twist and no loss of #'s at draw.  However, I keep my PL's unsrtung when not in use.